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MySpace Proud Of Overseas Progress

If you thought MySpace was an American phenomenon, you thought wrong.  The company wants you to know that it's been successful in all sorts of countries, and is continuing to expand throughout the world.

Google Korea Starts Checking IDs

This change has been expected for a while; if anything, it's only surprising that it took so long to be enacted.  But Google Korea has, for better or for worse, started asking for age verification following any adult-themed inquiries.

YouTube Korea Struggling

YouTube's recent entry into the Korean market has failed to have a strong impact there. The number of daily visitors to YouTube English and YouTube Korean sites reached 382,000 on January 23, the day it launched according to Rankey. Com, an online traffic-monitoring firm. The numbers began to dwindle the following day and dropped to 115,000 on January 31.

Google Redesigning Korean Search

Though Google's strategy with the search engine is “the simpler the better,” it seems that cultural demands placed on the search giant is forcing it to tweak the philosophy a bit in Korea.

YouTube Gets Tossed Into Korea

It hasn't had much success so far.  Yet Google seems determined to succeed in South Korea, and the next service to get launched in this market is YouTube.

Google's Navigational Bar Goes Far (Away)

Please don’t think we’re pretending this is a drastic change - it isn’t.  It will, however, slightly alter the daily search experience of millions of people worldwide, so we’re here to report that Google.com’s navigational bar has spread to several international versions.

Google China May Get New Homepage

China is the world’s most populous country, so, from a business perspective, pulling out all the stops to impress its citizens makes sense.  And that’s exactly what Google’s doing, as a possible new homepage has come to light.

Decker: Korea One Of The Most Important Markets

Parents aren’t supposed to play favorites, and Sue Decker, Yahoo’s president, didn’t actively insult any of her company’s various arms.  She did, however, identify as Korea as one of the “most important” markets, and this has some interesting implications.

Reporters Internet Access Shut Down In S. Korea

The South Korean Government Information Agency cut Internet connections to a number of ministry pressrooms on Thursday. The move is part of an effort by South Korea to shut down what it calls collusive clubs.

Google AdSense For Search Learns Vietnamese

Various estimates put Vietnam’s population at around 85 million.  And with a new Vietnamese version, Google’s doing its best to make sure all of those people are able to use Google AdSense for search.